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Visualizing Multilevel Test-to-Code Relations

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Information and Communication Technology and Applications (ICTA 2020)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 1350))

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Abstract

The test-to-code traceability (TCT) links play an important role in the process of software maintenance and re-engineering. However, the main issue is how to visualize these links efficiently and effectively to support the comprehension and maintenance of these links. In this work, a visualization approach is presented that displays the TCT links in two levels, class-level, and method level. Visualization traceability links at a method-level provide detailed information of the traceability links that support the development of software in different tasks such as, software maintenance, refactoring, and change impact analysis. The visualization approach is implemented using our visualization tool namely TCTracVis. The presented tool is evaluated on a real simple project and the achieved results confirm that the proposed approach and tool are efficient to support several tasks in software development.

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  1. University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

    Nadera Aljawabrah & Tamás Gergely

  2. Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan

    Abdallah Qusef

  3. Odisha, India

    Adhyatmananda Pati

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Aljawabrah, N., Qusef, A., Gergely, T., Pati, A. (2021). Visualizing Multilevel Test-to-Code Relations. In: Misra, S., Muhammad-Bello, B. (eds) Information and Communication Technology and Applications. ICTA 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1350. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69143-1_39

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